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 The Chinese historian Sima Qian completes ... |
 ... the Shiji , the first example of Chinese historiography . |
| 91 BC In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 453/454 (southern Buddhism); 452/453 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 43rd (44th) cycle , year of the metal tiger庚寅 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Ox 己丑) |
| Greek calendar | 1./2. Year of the 172nd Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3670/71 |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCLXIII (663) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 220/221; Syria: 221/222 |
Events
Politics and world events
- Beginning of the alliance war in the Roman Empire . In central and southern Italy , numerous Italian peoples rose up to fight against the increasingly unbearable Roman domination, including the Samnites , Martians and Lucanians . In the merciless war waged by both sides, Rome soon found itself forced to make concessions.
- As troop commander, Lucius Sulla subdues Campania and defeats the Samnites. His soldiers give him the most honorable military award for his successes: the "corona graminea" , a laurel wreath wound from grass .
Culture, science and technology
- The doctor Asklepiades of Bithynia comes to Rome and heals with diets, exercise, baths, sweating and water cures.
- The Chinese historian Sima Qian completed Shiji on the Western Han Dynasty , the first example of Chinese historiography .
Born
- Han Xuandi , Chinese emperor († 49 BC )
Died
- Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger , Roman tribune, murdered (* around 124 BC)
- Lucius Licinius Crassus , Roman politician (* 140 BC )